



June 8 1926.

E'. L. MQORE PUMP Filed Apil 14. 1924 lnvenor. 'Edmund L. Moorebyxfudjm'f 1 Y, en outlet, an inwardly openingcheck valve in 'the inlet,an outwardly Patented June e, 192e.

` UNITED STATES PAT-ENT 1101FF1CE.

EDMUND L. Monet. or Maureen, Messecnusarrs.

" Puuri .eppuatimgneaaprii14,1924.y serieu No; 70eme The devicecomprises an eXpansible and contraetible chamber having an inlet andopening check valvejin the outlet., and a connecting member lat theoutlet arranged to have the'oalloon or other container to be filledconnected thereto lso that by alternately contracting iand Vexpandingthe chamber the air, gas or other lluld 'maybe pumped into thecontainer.

Toy balloons'are usually made with anecl;

`polfton through which they vmay be lilled and after being lfilled the"neck 4is closed by Windfing L Stringlor cord( around thesame.

Another .feature of my inventiony relates [to a novel cordfgui'de which1s associated 'With the connectingmeniber `and which ,fa cilitates thetyingV of the string lor cord around the neck of .the inflated balloon.

'L3-ther features of. my invention will be` ,A more fully hereinafter'set forth in the folvment klowing description ofjthe 'selected embodi-'of the invention y,Which is illustrated y in the idrawings. L

Fig.l '1 of 'the Wdrawinggfs is la longitudinal sectional viewthrough apumpembodying "rnv nivention 21s a view of a reduced scale showing thedevice in usetfor 'inflating a .toy balloong n bead '13 that Iis formedaround the neck of the'toy l"balloon, either groove servingto re-` 3 isa detail ofthe cord guide. v`My improved pump comprises ancxjpansibleand contractible chamber which may convenieutlylbe the form of acompres?A sible bulb'l 'although so far as the invention is concernedthis .chamber might have any y.suitable construction whichv Vpermits itto be expanded and contracted.` Y. lor 'conven i'ence, however, I vWill'referto the vchamber as the bulb.v The Vea'pansible and .contractinblechamber has .an inlet 2 and an `outlet- B fand Vint it 'is madein .the"form otabulb the latter'w'ill 'rpreferablybe of a size vto be held in:theliand andof 'some resilient material so that it can be collapsed byApressure in a :manner similar to 'that 4'in nwhich the 'rubber fbulb`off a syringe y is operated.' "The Ainlet Houtlet 2 may beformed'integral with the bulb or may bel formed of `separate lconnections applied thereto. In the construction herein shown the bulbV"has at 'each end la neck or conduit il. intoeach of which is insertedone endof a connecting sleeve 5 of metal, hard rubber Vor similar'Imaterial, the-other end di' one of' the sleeves 5 being inserted -intoIthe inlet connection .2 and the other end of ltheother. sleeve 5 being'inserted into `the outletconnection. 3. Theinlet connection @hastherein ank inable construction andthe. outlet `3 has ltherein anoutwardly opening check valve 7 which also may be of anydesirab'leconstruction.

lVlith this arrangement litvvill be observed 'Wai-diy opening checkvalve 6 of any s'uit- 'i that when the bulb l'is compressed the Lair yor gas therein -ivill be `forced through the voutlet 3, since Itheinletlcheok valve a'vill 'preventthe gas rom being forced -bacly Wardlythrough the inlet'.VV WVfhen the bulb is* released and it expand-s`toiits vposition shown in Fig. ltheoutlet check valve '7 ywill 'closeand the vsuction created will draw gas, air

lor otherfuid through the inlet checkvalve '6. i

'By alternately compressing and releasi-ngfthe bulb, therefore, gas lorother fluid fvvill. be

-drawnin through the inlet `and 'toured-Lout- Wardly through' .theoutlet.

The outlethas secured thereto a-fconnectf ing member 8 to which thelneck 9 of the toy 4 balloon'le or other container ,ma-y be secured. l

`The connecting member herein `shown `=is iformed lWith tvvo' portionsl() `and 1l 4rof rdiferent di;i-ineter,A -r each 4portionr `'ha-vingy agroove 12 for-med i.on the exteriorthereof.

'The .grooves ft2 are adapted to receive :the

tain the balloonin place While it .fsjbleing in'- Idated; The purpose ofrha-ving the connect- ,ing-member 8 with-the .twogparts ottldifierentdiameters is to accommodate 'balloonso-' different sizes. vf5-3emeballoons j haye langerv necks tha-n others and 'bytlns arrangement aballoon with either a large or a smal-lnec'k Amay7 'be -applied lto atheconnecting vmember'.

lterthe toy balloons have @been ifilled vthe necks 3'9 are closed bywijndin-gandty-ing a thes-fullfto the y.dotted line position 1;

This cord guide is provided at its end With a guide eye 17 through whichextends a cord 18 for use in tying the neck 9 of the balloon. The cordguide a sois provided with a slit 19 into which one end of the Ycord maybe caught as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In using the device the end of the conynecting member Will be insertedinto the l swung into the dotted line position Fig. 1

or full line position Figj. The length-of lthe arm 15 is such that whenit is in the full line position Fig.V 3 the eye 17 thereof is sit-ruated beyond the end of the connecting mem- -ber and the cord thereforis in position to be Wrapped around the neck9 of the balloon beyond saidconnecting member.

` The operator may hold the pump in one i hand and may grasp the cordWith the other hand and Wind it around the neck of the balloon, the endof the cord being held meanwhile in the notch 19 and the finger `or arm15 retaining the cord in position to lWrap properly around the-,balloonneck.

" After the cord vis thus Wound around the neck and the lattervis closedtight the end of the cord may be detached from the slot 19 anddethreaded from the eye 17 and then tied so as to permanently close theneck of the balloon.

`It is sometimes desirable to fill these toy balloons with some gasother than air and to facilitate this operation I have shoivn the inlet2 as formed at its end Witha connect-k ing member 2O Which is adapted tobe slipped over the end of a pipe leading to some source of gas supply.When the pump has Vthus been connected to such a pipe then it may beoperated as above described for lilling the balloon.

While I have described herein the pump as used for lilling balloons yetIvdesire to state that the invention is equally applicable yfor fillingother containers and, therefore,

do not Wish to be limited to any particular use.. 1

I also desire to state again that While the bulb 1 forms a convenienteXpansible and contractible chamber yet the invention is not limitedtothe use of a bulb as any suitable chamber Which will expand and contractmay be used.

I claim: 1. A device for inllating toy balloons, said device including aconduit through which gas is delivered to the balloon,said

conduit having a connection at its discharge end to which the balloon isconnected, and a cord-guiding arm at said discharge end and adapted tohold the cord in position to be Wound around the neck of the balloonwhen the latter is filled.

2. A device for infiating toy balloons, said device including a conduitthrough which y gas is delivered to the balloon,va connection at thedischarge end ofthe conduit to which the ballon is secured and acord-Guiding arm pivoted to said connection and adapted to..

hold a cord in position to be Wrapped around the neck of theballoonvvhenr the latter is with, a conduit through which gas is deliv-vered to the balloons, a connection at the dis-r charge end ofthe conduitadaptedto have a balloon securedI thereto and provided with means 'forholding the end of a cord'vvhich is tozbe Wrapped around the neck of theballoon after it is filled.

A pump for inliating toy balloons'comprislng yan inlet being providedWithV a connection arranged to be slipped over and to tightly fit anordinary gas jet or gas cock,l said out let being provided With aconnection constructed to have the neck of a balloon secured thereto, aninwardly-opening check valve in the inlet and an outwardly-opening checkvalve in the outlet. l

6. A .device for inflating toy balloons comprising a member shaped atkoneend to have the .neck of a kballoon to be inflated secured thereto,said member having an opening through which the balloon may be uexpansible and contractible chamber having an inletfand an outlet, the

filled, and a cord-guiding arm associated with said member and kadaptedto hold in position the cord to be Wound around the neck of theballoon'vvhen the latter is iilled.

A device for inflating toyv balloons comprising a member shaped at oneend to have the neck of a balloon to be inflatedy secured thereto, saidmember having an opening through Which the. balloon may be filled, and acord-guiding arm pivoted to said member and adapted to hold the cord inposition to be Wrapped around the .neck

of the balloon when the latter is iilled., V 8. A device for inflatingtoy balloons Comprising a member shaped at oneend to have the neck of aballoon to be inflated secured thereto, said member having an Openingthrough which the balloon may be illed, and a oord-guiding arm pivotedto said member and having means for gripping the cord andalso having aguide eye through which the cord may be threaded and Which holds theoord in position to be Wrapped around the neck of the filled balloon.

9. A device for inating toy balloons comprising a member shaped at oneend to have the neck of a balloon to bev inflated opening through whichthe balloon may be iilled, and 4a oord-guiding arm pivoted to saidmember and having means for -gr1pping a oord and also anA eye at its endv through which the oord extends,k said arm being of such length thatWhenit is inv 0perative position the portion of the cord eX- tendng fromthe eye is in positiony tobe vrapped around the neck of the filledbaloon. f

lIn testimony whereof, I have vsignedk my name to this Speoieation.

l EDMUND L'. limoen.V

